Cheney vs Country Homes

A side-by-side comparison of Cheney and Country Homes: population, income, housing, and more.

Cheney and Country Homes are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cheney has the higher population (12,830 vs 5,979 in Country Homes). Country Homes has the higher median household income ($78,841 vs $47,039 in Cheney). Country Homes has the higher median home value ($386,500 vs $330,300 in Cheney).

Population, income & housing

	Cheney	Country Homes
Population	12,830	5,979
Median age	23.9 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,039	$78,841
Median home value	$330,300	$386,500
Median gross rent	$1,075	$1,193
Housing units	5,051	1,905
Homeownership rate	31.0%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.8%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheney	Country Homes
Population	12,165 → 12,830 (+5.5%)	6,117 → 5,979 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$40,573 → $47,039 (+15.9%)	$49,296 → $78,841 (+59.9%)
Median home value	$203,500 → $330,300 (+62.3%)	$247,500 → $386,500 (+56.2%)
Median gross rent	$893 → $1,075 (+20.4%)	$811 → $1,193 (+47.1%)

Cheney

Population

12,16512,830

Median household income

$40,573$47,039

Median home value

$203,500$330,300

Median gross rent

$893$1,075

Country Homes

Population

6,1175,979

Median household income

$49,296$78,841

Median home value

$247,500$386,500

Median gross rent

$811$1,193

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheney	Country Homes
Under 5	5.6%	3.1%
5 to 17	8.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	41.0%	27.4%
25 to 34	15.9%	7.0%
35 to 44	7.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	5.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	5.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	6.0%	7.2%
75 and over	4.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheney	Country Homes
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	78.4%
Black or African American	2.7%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheney	Country Homes
No high school diploma	5.9%	3.5%
High school graduate	18.5%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheney	Country Homes
Drove alone	67.6%	64.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	7.6%
Public transit	3.3%	0.7%
Walked	11.3%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.9%
Worked from home	10.2%	14.4%
Other means	0.1%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheney	Country Homes
1-unit, detached	37.7%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	19.9%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	19.4%	10.5%
20 or more units	17.1%	17.5%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cheney	Country Homes
Poverty rate	34.6%	14.8%
Average household size	2.37	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1989	1971